Wind-shield.



P. N. LANDINE.

WIND SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. 1915.

Patented Nov. '23, 1915.

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2'2 all whom it may com-cm "I i q 9 A Be it known that l, rsrsem. Lenora-we, s citizen of the lli' ited States, residing at 1o, r 0 in m- I, ,Q Old, eW liivei counc oete o; 1031 llll 198441 A l. have invented certain new enclosen a in y i 72V 1 0 1d, e 1111 c ioveioents 111 1l1fl-ull143 s, or

Whico, the following is a lull, clear, epcl exec; description.

striictioo, and aims to provide a simple end eliicieiit structure this character.

ice lie 12: re so erect from a reedm of the L q I. A tion taxes in 9011318051011 with she accompanying di'swmgs formmg a port thereoi and illustrating one embodiment of: the iiiventioii lo these drawings: Figure 1. 1s a frag memory View iii front ele rrdlion of s Wino shield constructed. in accordance with the present case Fig. 2 is a, vertical section ore fill'llllfi, '22, Fig. 1., Fig. 3 is overticel solo- "on on the line-8-3,'Fig. l, end on en ens e detail of confiroction;

:iich may ha e, if desired, a swinging:

oer: po $316!! :2, these ports heiiigof eta-colors c nst itioriv. hose 1 is shaped to the form. of 1? here he Wlfiijl shield frames carried 'tlicreoy,

inasmuch as the opposite side is merely e 1e versed doplicet Wind shield proper comprises upper /"er shield ironies 3 4: mounted the outer frame to swing relatively to each ether by means of, the hinge joints 5--6, which hinge joints may be of any desired construction. The shield frames 3 and iii iiorinel fully closed-position are in verticel elioement, and similar in construction,

, strectiori' though reversed, the hose of the .i 1S invention relates to Wind shield couvarious objects of the invention will Fl l is e oers *ective View, e a l.

only shows one side the outer frame and The frame 3, as will be seen is frame being shaped to correspond to the (lflgll oortioii l of the outer frame and being chezoiieled in e similar manner to receive the glass screen or shield 10. The adjecent horizontal edges of these screens are designed to overlap Preferably, the upper screen 9' extends down holes the upper horizontal end o'lithe lower screen 10. The purpose of this is tomelre the screen ltllk proof; Frequently in the type of wind shield wherein the adjacent horizontal edges of the screen sections are slightly separated, rain or srioWWill heat upon the 'irioi shield and will drip to the lower end the shield and thence will be driven by the Wind into the face of the driver of the cor the upper screen section, for instsnco, overlaps a d extends below the up per of the lower screen section, this ectiozi ca cot take place. This also true withirili i is when 'theu'pper screen section is selling for ventilation or other purposesile amount of overlap be varied i- Wide limits desired, end l not care to limit myself i; this regard. In order to provide this overlap and also a means for preventing the overlap sing; pol tions of the screen from contacting, which in some would result in breakege, l have shouldered c-fi' the lower overlapedge of the upper screen on a line substeiitie-ll parallel and closely adjacent the upper'edge of the lower screen, and from the vertic vl side edges of this upper screen inwardly for a short distance, the screen eX- tending thence downwardly to provide the overlap as will he more cleeuy apparent from Figs; 1 and of the drawings.

The plane of the channel of the frame in the loWee frame a in which the screen. is adapted to be seated, is laterally oll'se from the plane of the channel 8 in the upper shield frame 3, tl1e two :lfren'ies in this 1 spect being substantial duplicates reversed. There Will, therefore, be a space between the overlapping horizontal edges of the screens 9 and 10. inasmuch as these screen frames are mounted for swinging movement reletwel to each other, it would be possilsle to bring the overlapping ends into Contact, fr quently breaking them, unless means are provided for preventing such contact upon movement of the frames in contacting direction, fine such means Which-fl prefee ably employ, consists of stop plates ll mounted at the adjacent horizontal edges of the screen vplates in line with the shouldered-ofl portion of theupperf screen 9. Thesides of the frames 3 and 4 are cut down so that these plates when superposed thereon and secured thereto will abut on the line approximately of. the upper edge of .the lower screen. As the construction of each of these plates is, in all material respects, the same, a description of one in detail is suflicient. These plates will have one face 12 designed to be secured as by screws to the end'of the frames 3 and 4. .The opposite \faceis cut down to form a stop shoulder 13 which'willextend" transversely of the screen. The plate is provided at its outer the frames 3 and 4 are in normal screen closed position and in vertical alinement. In this position the overlapping ends of the glass screens 9 and.10 are held spaced apart by the contacting shoulders 13 (Fig. 3) of the stop plates. If the upper screen 9 has been held in an outwardly inclined position and is released, it will swing downwardly by gravity, but the shoulders 13 on the stop plates of the two screen sections will engage before the screens themselves can contact thereby preventing breakage, (see F ig.. 3). The lower screen framed may not be moved on its hinge joint relatively to the upper screen frame 3, and in a direction to bring the screens into contact, because of the shoulders 13, and the adjacent faces of the plates, which in normal closed position of the screen frames, will prevent any such movement on the part'of the lower screen frarhe,

By having the screens carried by their respective frames in laterally offset and, in

this case substantially parallel planes, these frames may be of the same size, and, therefore, will have a neat appearance and will not present any bulky lines to the eye. Furthermore, by so mounting the screens they may be overlapped at their adjacent horizontal edges so that the rain may not blow from the lower edge of the upper screen back into the body of the automobile, inasmuch as the overlap will cause the water, etc., to bring up against the lower screen section. By providing a substantial amount of overlap this same rain-proof function is secured, even if the upper screen frame is swung outwardly at a substantial angle on its hinge joint.

- The terms horizontal and vertical as used in this specification and in the ap pended claim, are'intended to be used in the sense of substantially horizontal or vertical, and apply to the parts to which they are attributed when the latter are in thelr normal positions of use.

I have herein described a particular embodiment of my invention, but desire it understood that the same is susceptible of structural modification within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim therefore and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination, a supporting frame, open sided shield frames pivotally supported in said supporting frame with their open sides normally facing toward each other, transparent shields let into the open sides of said shield frames and arranged to have. their adjoining edges at the open side's of the rames overlap, and stop plates secured to the ends of the frames at the open sides thereof, said stop plates being engaged over the edges of theshields to thereby secure the shields in the frames and provided with stop shoulders engaging as the frames are rotated toward each other to prevent engagementof the overlapping edges of the fshields.

PETER N. LAN-DIVE. Witnesses:-

K. FRANCES MAGINN, A. LLHICKEY.

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, Washington, D. G. 

